Items of some interest…

These are my recent Pin​board​.in links:

  • The Tree of Life: An exhaust­ing and exhil­a­rat­ing day at the #Occu­pyUC­Davis rally

    “That being said, though I am not call­ing for her res­ig­na­tion at this point, I do expect her to lead.  And right now I have not seen much in the way of ideas/​leadership com­ing from her.  She could, for exam­ple, say that charges will be dropped for the peo­ple arrested during/​after the pep­per spray inci­dent.  She could say that there will be an out­side inves­ti­ga­tion, not an inter­nal one, into the events.  She could say spe­cific things that the Uni­ver­sity will do to pre­vent such inci­dents in the future.  Based upon her prior record I am will­ing to give the ben­e­fit of the doubt.  But changes and action bet­ter hap­pen fast.”

    UC-​​Davis cultural-​​dynamics protest occupy